Helping disadvantaged students to raise their expectations is one of the big challenges facing schools. High-achieving disadvantaged students did not choose the highest points courses as frequently as more advantaged students. As a result, once in college, they had higher points than their classmates. High-achieving disadvantaged students are also less likely to over-match — to choose courses filled with students who achieved higher point on average than they achieved. However, this was 3pc for disadvantaged students, compared with 6.7pc for the well-off cohort.

Source: Irish Independent January 07, 2022 10:10 UTC